The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-06-04
WHY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OUGHT TO WIN.
From the New York Herald /

The sun INDUCED yesterday in the
prediction that MIR. Cleveland will not
be II candidate i'm 1888. This IS 30 con-
trary to the general opinion, and in
deed To the general wish, that we arc
inclined 10 ask for tho facts on which
SO odd prophecy is based. We re-
iraln, however, lest we remind our
ncighbor of his failibility in such mat
ters. and that would be needlessly dis
tressing.
If he had predicted that the land re-
form which the president is so vigOr.
ously pressing, for instance, is fast be-
coming a national issue which will
render bis denomination inevitable, that
conld be easily understood. Or If he
had asserted that the clean and honest
government which the American peo-
pie are enjoying is creating All appetite
for more of the same sort, that would
show that he recognizes the drift or
current of public opinion. Not to see
such drift or current is TO be strange
ly blind, and leads us to fear that q
personal prejudice has been mistaken
for the prophets mantle. The political
situation. as we view it, is peculiarly
encouraging and may be summed up
as follows:
The people of this country see clear.
ly that democratic administration
means peace and commercial prosperi.
ty. 1t is evident that the business com
mnnity in every part of the continent
is not only satisfied with the present
order OF things, but will decree it's con.
unuance. National affairs are conduct.
ed on the lines of policy at once con-
servative and patriotic. II there is q
lack OF that dangerous brilliancy which
would entangle us in foreign compIica-
lions, there is an increase in the public
sense of security. Confidence prevails
everywhere. No doubts or fears or
suspicious lurk in the air. There is no
prevailing feeling of uncertainty to in
tertere with commercial enterprise and
adventure. When we take an account
OF stock we find that our political books
balance, and there is no dreaded crisis
To which we look forward with trepids.
ton. The country is on its feet, with
cool blood and level head and the
pieasan. consciousness Of health and
strength.
That is what the democratic partv is
doing for the people. 1t is distinctive
ly the peoples party. 1t goes slowly,
perhaps little too slowly for some of
our more aggressive citizens, but it
carries heavy burden of responsible
ty and does not propose to dump it
into ditch. 1t is better to have q
reputation for looking before you leap
than reputation for leaping before
You look. The mere partisan, like
Blaine, might make a brilliant admin
istration, but it would be personal
rather than national and its brilllancy
would be at the expense of the nations
happiness and welfare. The man of
more sober counsel, who regards pub
lie office as public trust, who is the
peoples servant and not q monarch
with four year term, is the only fit
person to become the executive of the
republic. We are not a war loving race.
We have 4 great country to develop.
We are absorbed in the manipulation
OF our material resources. We are
making use of the opportunities for
wealth which are everywhere offered
to the industrious and perseverinR.
When an administration to which we
delegate the oversight of our national
interests honorably steers clear of
foreign entanglements, keeps us free
from intestine confusion and checks
encroachments on the rights of any
section of the country, it achieves the
loltiest victory and wins the highest
renown which republic affords.
That is what the democratic party
and the executive have been doing for
more than two years. They have
served the country faithfully, and the
country recognizes the fact. aeF
The republican party was over.
thrown, in spite of its desperate use of
patronage, by an aroused and an
alarmed people. 1t had fallen from its
high prestige of great moral ideas, and
while it'retained the garb of the patriot
it entered upon the life of the spoils.
man. 1t was born of love of country.
it ended in love of power. 1t began
by serving the whole, but it ended by
serving itself.
1t is now the JacObin party in Amer.
lean politics, while the democrats rep.
resent the conservative, cautions
Girondists. Mr.. Blame is an ideal
Jacobin leader. He is the Restless
head of restless party. He wants
place at any cost-not for the ns --on's
sake, but for his own sake. He is the
most desperate politician of the age.
And therefore the one least to be trust
ed. The hot Jacobin blood is in his
veins. lie is perilOusly ambitious.
He has ambitious followers, who have
fed OH the treasury, and like hons who
have tasted blood, they are eager for
another chance at the public crib.
The Jacobins talked most about
patriotism when they possessed the
least OF it. Their professed object was
to save the country; their real purpose
was to enrich themselves. They
Doasted OF the rights of the people, but
they had firebrands in their hands and
their eyes were fixed on vaults con-
tanning valuables. They were the
prototypes of certain republicans of
the present day. The republican has
come to be Jacobin party.
The Girondists were progressive, but
cautious. The flambeau was not to
their taste. They were constructive
and consistent. They effected changes
by Legitimate means only. They never
ran tor ducats, but tor the public good.
They were slower than the Jacobins. y
but they got there all the same. and
there was neither fire nor pillaoe in
their path.
In 1854 the people invited the Jaco-
blu party TO retire. At the same time
Lhey invited the Girondist party to take
possession OF the White House. As
consequence the country is quite, pros
porous. Its people are one people.
North and south are shoulder to should.
er. The past is dead. The future is
lopefnl. A democratic administration
laS gwen the country what it wants
'eace and plenty. And the country
las stood by this administration. I'D.
will stand by it in 1888. ~ - Z,
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